TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Building a case for safe internet access for all, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the country will “assert its voice” for the digitally deprived and marginalised.
At the same time, India will be a “voice of moderation and reason” in the global digital discourse, he said while addressing the Ministerial Forum at Global Conference on Cyberspace 2017.
“India firmly stands for digitally egalitarian order where we will lend our weight to those who are digitally deprived and marginalised but with logic, reason and moderation,” he said.
The panel, which discussed challenges faced by countries in ensuring citizens have access to secure and inclusive cyberspace, included policy makers from nations like Iran, Japan, Russia and Venezuela.
“Cyberspace must be equal space, free from threat,” Prasad said, adding that governments globally will have to play a crucial role in making internet safe against radical elements, terrorists and extremists.
